Physical Fetures

• Himalayan Mountians
  1. 2,500K (1,550 miles) extended
  2. Seperating the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia
  3. Covers more than 612,00 square K (236,000 square miles)
  4. Average elevation at 6,096 meters (20,00tt)
• Tien Shan Mountians
  1. Streaches about 2,400 K (1,500 miles)
  2. Between Kyrgyztan and China
• Ural Mountains
  1. 2,500 Kilometers (1,550 miles)
  2. Russia to Kazakhstan
  3. 250 to 300 years old
  4. elevation between 914-1,220 meters (3,000 to 4,000 ft)

• Tibetan Plateau
  1. considered the largest and highest area
  2. Known as the “Rooftop of the World,”
  3. plateau covers an area about half the size of the contiguous United States and averages more than 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) above sea level.
• Iranian Plateau

1. 1. Covers more than 3,6 million square K (1.4 million square miles)
2. 2. Contains some high mountains and low rivers and two deserts.

• Deccan Plateau
  1. Most of southern parts of Asia
  2. Elevation 600 meters (2,000ft)
  3. Bordered by three mountains.

• West Siberian Plain
  1. located in central Russia,
  2. one of the world’s largest areas of continuous flatland.
  3. extends from north to south about 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles)
  4. from west to east about 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles).
  5. more than 50 percent of its area at less than 100 meters (330 feet) above sea level,
• Central Asia is dominated by a steppe
  1. Mongolia can be divided into different steppe zones: the mountain forest steppe, the arid steppe, and the desert steppe.
• Rub’ al Khali desert,
  1. considered the world’s largest sand sea
  2. covers an area larger than France across Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
  3. holds roughly half as much sand as Africa’s Sahara desert, even though it is 15 times smaller in size
  4. known as the Empty Quarter because it is virtually inhospitable to humans except for Bedouin tribes that live on its edges.

• Lake Baikal,
  1. southern Russia
  2. deepest lake in the world,
  3. depth of 1,620 meters (5,315 feet).
  4. contains 20 percent of the world’s unfrozen freshwater, making it the largest reservoir on Earth.
  5. World’s oldest lake, at 25 million years old.

World Geography - The Geography of Asia and the Pacific